Holder for lamp-burners



(No Model.)

G. S. WHITE.

HOLDER FOR LAMP BURNERS.

'No. 346,968. Patented Aug. 10, 1886.

Wzzneases fnvemm v M Gemga UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE S. WHITE, OF DANBURY, CONNECTICUT.

HOLDER FOR LAMP-BURNERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 346,968, dated August 10, 1886.

Application filed J nnuary 23, 1886. Serial No. 189,490. (No model.)

- the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains' to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain novel and useful improvements in devices for holding and supporting lamp-burners during the process of filling a lamp, and has for its object to enable the lamp to be filled expeditiously and to prevent any damage from the dripping of the oil from the burner; and with these ends in view my invention consists in a skeleton frame having a dripcup attached thereto, one end of the frame adapted to be clasped around the neck of the lamp.

In order to more clearly demonstrate my invention, so that those skilled in the art to which my improvement appertains may fully understand the same, I will proceed to describe its construction and adaptation, referring by letter to the accompanying drawing, forming apart of thisspecification, which illustrates a perspective of my improvement.

In the manufacture of my lamp-burner support I bend an ordinary wire into the desired shape, so that there is an open yoke, A, at one end and a rest, B, at the other. The rest Bis of any convenient and suitable shape to ac-. commodate various styles or sizes of lampburners. The yoke is adapted to fit closelyaround the neck of the lamp.

0 is a drip-cup suspended from the rest B,

whereby any oil which drops from the burner 0 will be caught, and thereby prevented from soiling or damaging articles of furniture, 850.

In adapting my improvement for use I compress the sides of the rest, thereby spreading the arms of the yoke, soas to admit the neck 5 of the lamp. The wire is of spring quality, so that by releasing the pressure the yoke will be caused to firmly clasp the neck of the lamp.

In filling the lamp the burner is unscrewed and placed upon the rest B.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. As a new article of manufacture, a device 5 2. In combination with the spring-wire frame having an open yoke at one end adapt- 7 ed to be clasped around the neck of the lamp, and at the other end a support for the burner,

a drip-cup suspended from said support, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE s. WHITE.

Witnesses:

S. S. WILLIAMSON, CHARLES H. REID. 

